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by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus. Brande.

Anthropophagous.

Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts.

A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.

The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.

Without a brain; brainless. Todd & B.

Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen.

Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. -- An*frac"tu*ous*ness, n.

The Angelus bell. Shipley.

Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.

ed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C.

Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

Same as Angiospermous.

Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.

With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

Snakelike.

Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.

Narrow; strait. [Obs.]